Hall Overton

Hall Overton was important in many different musical areas (as a teacher, arranger, composer and pianist), but mostly he had an underground reputation in jazz. Overton served in the military from 1942-45, studied at Juilliard from 1947-51 and had lessons with Darius Milhaud. In the 1950s he played jazz with many top improvisers, including Stan Getz, Oscar Pettiford, Jimmy Raney, Teddy Charles and ...more